10 anniversary statue

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I don't understand how to work.
Some times it gives me 300 points of luck, sometimes 450. Also if i use the same char or i change char.
But the increasing luck is random?
The only two valors are 300 or 450. Wby?
Someone can explain to me this thing, with easy words? ( i know english not too well) ?
Thanks .)

I forget the exact formula, but the luck added is a base value (200?), with an additional 50 point for each year of account age.
So, I would assume you are using different accounts, and one is about three years older than the other?

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If you can reproduce it (that is to say it's not just your memory playing tricks on you), you should record the numbers, dates and character name then submit a bug report. Might not come to anything, but there's always a chance it might help shed some light on those arthritic hamsters powering the account-age database.

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The luck bonus is 200 plus 50 for for each year of continuous subscription; the maximum is currently 700 and the minimum is 200.

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Before I rub the statue my luck is 1678. After I rub the statue my luck is 2228. thats a boost of 550 luck. My account age is 90 months. So I think the above formula is off... according to the formula I would have 90*500=4500 + 200= 4700. With a maximum of 700 that would make my luck 1678+700= 2378

The luck bonus is 200 plus 50 for for each year of continuous subscription; the maximum is currently 700 and the minimum is 200.

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Before I rub the statue my luck is 1678. After I rub the statue my luck is 2228. thats a boost of 550 luck. My account age is 90 months. So I think the above formula is off... according to the formula I would have 90*500=4500 + 200= 4700. With a maximum of 700 that would make my luck 1678+700= 2378

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The beginning of your formula isn't correct. It is a bonus of 50 for each year, not 500 for each month. You are 90 months old. 90/12 = 7.5 years. That is rounded down to 7 full years. That will make the formula 7 * 50 + 200 = 550 of luck bonus from the statue. Add that to you current luck of 1678 and you'll have 2228. Which is what you said you get.

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Before I rub the statue my luck is 1678. After I rub the statue my luck is 2228. thats a boost of 550 luck. My account age is 90 months. So I think the above formula is off... according to the formula I would have 90*500=4500 + 200= 4700. With a maximum of 700 that would make my luck 1678+700= 2378

Ive already got a 10 year account, so no i'm not shouting gimmie gimmie..

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That's a good thing, but I didn't say you were. I merely pointed out that your statement is a shining example of the prevalent attitude with the current generation of gamers. Of course you don't need to shout gimme, gimme, because you've already got it.

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No. But it's definitely predominant in the lower half of the veteran spectrum -- ie: the newer players. The more aged veterans have already lost more in their playing time to bugs, exploits, and just casual game play than most of the young'uns will ever have in their UO playing carreers.

What's next? Someone here will go on to prove that black is white and get killed in the next zebra crossing.

I'm not all about veteranism, but just remember that the older players made it possible for younger players to even play the game. Sometimes it's nice to say, "Hey, thanks for paying us more than $12,000 for playing for the past 10 years." Because some of us over the lifetime of our playing have LITERALLY been responsible for a good portion of at least one programmer's annual wage (yes, just one year out of those 10, but yeah, that DOES put it in perspective).

I believe that it should be the same bonus luck for everyone, so that it doesnt give out the wrong message that EA does not value new players.

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It does show that EA values it's new players in that it's available to be acquired by a new player from killing the low level mobs that the new player is fighting while builing up their first character, and at the same time shows the veteran player that EA appreciates their years of devotion to the game.

It doesn't have to be all or nothing. There's a lot to be said for earning things in game, regardless of what they are or how they're earned.

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It does show that EA values it's new players in that it's available to be acquired by a new player from killing the low level mobs that the new player is fighting while builing up their first character, and at the same time shows the veteran player that EA appreciates their years of devotion to the game.

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That statement would be logical if new players remain farming low level mobs for several years. But frankly it makes as much sense as your reasoning, as a 100% PvMer, for keeping PSs only in Fel. The fact is, the harder something is to get, the more profit a reseller can make selling it.

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